Cornell has achieved a gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education for its work as a 'green' leader. (Jan. 31, 2012)
Campus Area Farms, operated by Cornell's Agricultural Experiment Station, offers researchers 352 acres - patchwork of 11 small farms - for test plots. (Jan. 30, 2012)
In a few months, nearly every home in Atima, Honduras, will have safe, clean drinking water, thanks to a treatment plant principally designed by Cornell engineering students. (Jan. 26, 2012)
The stacked rapid sand filter, developed by members of Cornell's AguaClara research team, could well be the reason that Tamara now has some of the best water in all of Honduras. (Jan. 26, 2012)
Researchers are testing the algae that's a biofuel byproduct as a protein-rich source of feed to supplement or replace some corn and soybean meal mix traditionally given to food-producing animals
Researchers have developed genetically engineered orange trees to fight a deadly bacterial citrus disease in Florida. The trees will soon be put to the test.
Two tiny wasps have been found in Geneva, N.Y.: One hasn't been seen on this continent since its initial discovery by Cornell scientists in 1915, and the other has never been seen here.
The willow bioenergy program has a new $950,000 grant for breeding willow and installing a boiler to heat two buildings at Cornell's experiment station in Geneva.
At a U.S. Congressional hearing Dec. 6, economist Rick Geddes urged lawmakers to concentrate on the crowded Northeast corridor for high-speed rail development, rather than less populous regions. (Jan. 6, 2012)
Oceanographer Chuck Greene is working to optimize an ocean-observing tool to collect and transmit ecosystem data to his desktop in real time, tracking the ocean like the weather. (Jan. 5, 2012)
RFID technology repurposed for tracking birds automates data collection, requiring scientists to spend only a few hours a week tending to feeders wired with tracking technology.
